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Raj.....Raj..... 

i want to use jquery validation plugin in salesforce

i want to use jquery validation plugin in salesforce.


i name the id in salesforce but when it comes to html the id is changed.


exmp:

id="uname"

id="j_id0:login:uname"


pls help me to solve this problem i am not geting the out put

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Pradeep_NavatarPradeep_Navatar

On compilation Visualforce page generates HTML which contains ID of VF component in a hierarchy fashion. Find below a sample code :

 

           <apex:page>

                     <apex:form>                   

                                             <apex:inputtext id="Utext" value="{!uname}"/>

                     </apex:form>

                    <script>

                                   alert(document.getElementById('pageid:formid:Utext').value);

                   </script>

          </apex:page>

 

          Note: PageId refers the Page id and formid refers the Form id.

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bob_buzzardbob_buzzard

You can get at the generated id using the $Component global variable.

 

This is documented in detail at:

 

http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/pages/Content/pages_variables_global.htm
Pradeep_NavatarPradeep_Navatar

On compilation Visualforce page generates HTML which contains ID of VF component in a hierarchy fashion. Find below a sample code :

 

           <apex:page>

                     <apex:form>                   

                                             <apex:inputtext id="Utext" value="{!uname}"/>

                     </apex:form>

                    <script>

                                   alert(document.getElementById('pageid:formid:Utext').value);

                   </script>

          </apex:page>

 

          Note: PageId refers the Page id and formid refers the Form id.

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devisfundevisfun

Hi.

 

I'm not sure if this is still an issue, but the answers provided don't help.

 

I recently started using jQuery for VF pages, and here's what you need to do.

 

First, since Salesforce uses the dollar sign for other things, you have to set a variable as noConflict, like this:

 

var j$ = jQuery.noConflict();

 

What we did in our org was create a component that contained the resource and this variable declaration; here's the complete code for that component:

 

<apex:component access="global" selfClosing="true">
	<apex:includeScript value="{!$Resource.jQuery}"/>
   	<script type="text/javascript">
		var j$ = jQuery.noConflict();
    </script>
</apex:component>

 Now to reference jQuery on a page, we just add this:

 

<c:jQuery />

 

 Anyway, getting back to your issue.

 

If your Id is "thePage:theForm:thepb:thepbs:inputFirstName" then do this:

 

j$('[id$="inputFirstName"]').event();

 

where "event" is the event you want to happen.

 

You can also do searches for Ids using *, and using ^ searches for Ids that start with whatever is after the equal sign.  However, since the ending part of the Id is what's unique, the $ is what you'll use most.

 

Also, another trick:  to not have to worry about always typing the j$ rather than just $, do this for your .ready event:

 

j$(document).ready(function($){

 

Passing the dollar sign as an argument for the function means you can now do

 

$('[id$="inputFirstName"]').event();